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Managing absence and presence of child-parent resemblance : a challenge for heterosexual couples following sperm donation
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- Isaksson, Stina (author)
- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Region Västra Götaland, Södra Älvsborg Hospital, Department of Research, Borås, Sweden
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- Sydsjö, Gunilla, 1956- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för barns och kvinnors hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Kvinnokliniken US
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- Skoog Svanberg, Agneta (author)
- Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Lampic, Claudia (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Elsevier BV, 2019
- 2019
- English.
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In: Reproductive biomedicine & society online. - : Elsevier BV. - 2405-6618. ; 8, s. 38-46
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Abstract
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- This qualitative interview study sought to gather and better understand heterosexual parents' experiences of managing resemblance and non-resemblance between child and parent in an identity-release donor programme. The study is part of the prospective longitudinal Swedish Study on Gamete Donation (SSGD), including all fertility clinics performing gamete donation in Sweden. A sample of participants in the SSGD, consisting of 30 heterosexual parents with children aged 7-8 years following identity-release sperm donation, participated in individual semi-structured interviews. This study concerns a secondary analysis of the interview data. The results show how donor-conceiving parents experience the presence and absence of child-parent resemblance, and how they navigate between the importance of genetic connectedness and of 'doing parenthood' through social interactions. The analysis resulted in three categories: 'resemblance through nature or nurture', 'non-resemblance brings the donor to the front' and 'feelings about and coping with resemblance talk'. The first two categories deal with the intrapersonal aspects of physical and non-physical resemblance, while the last category includes aspects of resemblance in relation to persons outside the core family. The presence or absence of parent-child resemblance regarding both physical and non-physical characteristics appears to constitute a considerable challenge for heterosexual couples with school-aged children following sperm donation.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- assisted reproduction
- qualitative
- resemblance
- sperm donation
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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